It's get real time - where will your team finish?

[tribecalledquest]

There was a nice stat thrown out there that the last time ISU was picked to finish 8th in the preseason picks, they went on to win the valley title.

Wanna wager that won't happen again?

[glm38]

I'm an optimistic homer but I'll take the Bears for a top 3 finish.

[WSUbballer]

So, we'll have about 9 teams finishing in the Top 6 this year.

I'll predict a 4th place finish for WSU, but hope that I'm missing something.

[valleychamp]

So, we'll have about 9 teams finishing in the Top 6 this year.

I'll predict a 4th place finish for WSU, but hope that I'm missing something.

Name the three teams that you believe will finish in front of WSU.

Since we will have '9 teams finish in the top 6', this shouldn't be too hard for you to choose 3 teams.

[WSUbballer]

So, we'll have about 9 teams finishing in the Top 6 this year.

I'll predict a 4th place finish for WSU, but hope that I'm missing something.

Name the three teams that you believe will finish in front of WSU.

Since we will have '9 teams finish in the top 6', this shouldn't be too hard for you to choose 3 teams.

I hope you understood that my reference was geared towards everybody in this thread that thinks their team is poised for a top half finish...

As for your question, Creighton and Indiana State for sure. I like Jake as a coach, but I don't think UNI has the depth to carry them into the top 3. I'd place them on par with WSU. So that leaves my super favorite of Evansville crashing the party at No.3.

Any predictions for your team?

[tribecalledquest]

It was like I said in the earlier thread when people were asked to predict their teams record..according to fans the MVC will go 140-40 in league play this year

[UNIFanSince1983]

We are a young team, but I think we are fairly talented. I don't think we will finish in the play in games, but I also am not sure we can finish Top 4. That means I see us finishing either 5th or 6th this year.

Youth will be a big factor. We have some very talented players, but they are all very young. We will need big years out of Jake Koch and Johnny Moran. We will just have to see how the youth develops. I think we are about a year away from being a true contender again.

[MoBraves]

I'm an optimistic homer but I'll take the Bears for a top 3 finish.

Some of you Bears fans better be ready to eat some crow.
Are your newcomers really THAT good???
We shall see.

[MoBraves]

We are a young team, but I think we are fairly talented. I don't think we will finish in the play in games, but I also am not sure we can finish Top 4. That means I see us finishing either 5th or 6th this year.

Youth will be a big factor. We have some very talented players, but they are all very young. We will need big years out of Jake Koch and Johnny Moran. We will just have to see how the youth develops. I think we are about a year away from being a true contender again.

After reading the last few posts,
EU will finish #6
UNI will finish #5
WSU will finish #4

That leaves a slot open for #3 for those of you who picked your team at #6-10!
Seriously though, anything can happen this year, and there will be a lot of shake-ups that not many saw coming.
But I just don't see the Shox finishing any lower than #3, even though they lost a lot from last year.

[achrist70]

Personally I think UNI will finish top 6 but I am not sure where exactly. If we are slow in developing with all of our young players, talented but young, we will finish more in that 6 spot. If we are quick to develop and figure it out in our non-conference I could easily see a top 3 finish for this team. There are a few things that have to happen. We need to get back to playing UNI-Ben Jacobson defense, last year when O'Rear went down we could score but seem to stop playing team defense. We have to rebound, we will not be the best rebounding team in the Valley, but we can not get dominated on the boards. If Pehl wants to contribute then he has to rebound and box out well. Finally we have to have some inside scoring presence. We have good outside scoring with ANTHONY JAMES and crew, but we have to get some scoring in the paint. I think Jake Koch can be a low post scorer, but I really think that Seth Tuttle is really going to have to grow up.

If those things happen for us then the sky is the limit for this team.